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Tyler Simko: brainstorming session on local meeting videos
Abstract
I've been collecting videos of local government meetings with Soubhik Barari for several years. We identify meetings on YouTube for as many governments as possible, then process them to get the video, audio, and transcript data. We now have two datasets: (1) the original project called LocalView, with ~150k meeting videos from local legislatures (primarily city councils), and (2) a newly scraped second dataset of ~150k school board meeting videos. We're now planning on using the data after both of us worked on other projects for our dissertations. There are lots of potential directions we could pursue, and we are interested in your thoughts on what seems most promising. I'm doing a postdoc next year, and would appreciate the APRW brain trust's thoughts on a few project ideas I could push during that time.
The American Politics Research Workshop (Gov 3004) meets all academic year, Tuesdays, 12:00 - 2:00 PM, in CGIS K354. This workshop presents an opportunity for graduate students and Harvard faculty to present and receive feedback on their current research. The workshop highlights key theoretical and empirical findings from Harvard affiliates on topics related to American politics.
All interested Harvard affiliates are invited to attend.